新春快乐! Let's welcome the Year of the Doggo with a bang! #TheLetterVN is 25% off on Steam until February 19! Don't miss this chance to experience a game where your choices truly matter!
Chinese Translation still underway!
We haven't forgotten about our Chinese friends! Translation is still underway, and we're hoping to release it within the year! We'd like to take this opportunity to thank our translators for their hard work! ^^
Patch coming soon!
Please expect a patch to come out in the next couple of days. The patch contains various bug fixes, and the following new features:
Visual improvement for the Relationship feature. Whenever your relationships change, a visual feedback of (+) or (-) will be displayed!
New feature that displays your percentage completion for the gallery, branch tree and achievements!
Happy Holidays, and a big thanks to all of you! ^-^
Hello gang!
We're approaching the end of 2017, and we hope it's been a fruitful year for you! :D
This is our biggest year as a studio because we finally released The Letter - a Horror Visual Novel to the world. We had absolutely no idea what to expect and to say that we were scared would be an understatement. Fast forward to today, and we could only be grateful for all the blessings we have received. The last two years we've spent grinding our butts paid off, especially whenever we get to read all your messages and reviews about the game—they never failed to lift our weary spirits.
So I guess what we want to say is, thank you! Thank you for giving us and our game a chance. Thank you for your praises and kind words. And thank you for being such a supportive and understanding community. You all are our greatest blessing. ♡
Thank you so much for everything once again and Happy Holidays! We look forward to another bright year with you! ^-^
P.S: We're hoping to end the year with a bang, and as a year-end treat for everyone, The Letter VN will be on sale, with an all-time high 33% DISCOUNT until the 4th of January! This is an excellent chance to get the game for yourself, or as a last-minute holiday gift for your friends! :D
Don't miss the opportunity to experience a heart-wrenching tale where your choices truly matter and shape the story.
Our next big game: 'Love Esquire'!
Hey, gang! After The Letter, we're very happy to bring you another quality game that is currently in development by our team. :)
Officially announcing: (drum rolls, please!)
LOVE ESQUIRE, a romantic-comedy dating simulator with a touch of turn-based RPG mechanics.
In the fantasy kingdom of Caerulia, you are not a famous knight; but a good-for-nothing squire wanting to attain man’s greatest pleasure before probably dying in some war you don’t want to be in. There are five heroines to meet in four months – can you find happiness with at least one of them?
We've been working on this game for a few months now with the help of our Patrons, and you can find the full information about the game here:
Please take note that everything you see there are in its alpha stage, so some information/images may be altered in the future.
Thank you so much and we hope you'd also support us on our next game! :)
Patch Notes for v1.1.0 + Dev Updates
Hello gang! ^-^ In case you're not aware, we have released a small patch 2 days ago. Here's what you need to know about it:
Patch Notes:
Various grammar fixes! (Forever ongoing!)
Chapter 7 Branch Tree Completion achievement bug is now fixed. To trigger the achievement, simply load a save file from Chapter 7 (preferably during a question, then choose any option).
Added several new branch tree nodes in Chapter 6. There's a certain scene in Ash's chapter that repeats several lines you've just read because the conditions were not checked properly. We had to add these new nodes (conditions) to fix that consistency problem. This fix should NOT affect your Chapter 6 Branch Tree Completion achievement (meaning if you've already unlocked the achievement before, it will remain unlocked). But for those of you who are ultimate completionists and would like to unlock all the nodes regardless, here's how you can unlock the new ones we've just added:
Right-click, open image in new tab for higher display. All the locked nodes in the screenshot above are the new branch tree nodes we've added.
The Letter is now available on iOS!
Apple Users rejoice, because you can now play The Letter VN on your smart phones! ^_^
Depending on the schedule of our translators, we're estimating we can release the Russian and Chinese versions by second or third quarter of 2018! Watch out for future announcements! ^^
Last but not the least...
The Autumn Sale is ending soon, so make sure you grab a copy of the game while the 25% off lasts!
Thank you so much everyone for your support! We hope to continuously make more quality games for you! ♡
Please nominate The Letter for the "Choices Matter" Award!
Hey gang! We hope you've been doing well! :) Just dropping by for a short but very important request!
When you get the time, please don't forget to nominate #TheLetterVN for The "Choices Matter" Award in this year's Steam Awards! To vote, simply go to our store page and click the purple button, "Nominate this game for the Steam Awards".
Our chances of winning are very slim, but it's still worth a try! So please lend us your support! We're counting on you! Thank you! :D ❤
Also, in case you're not aware, The Letter is 25% off from November 22-28 (Autumn Sale).
We'll also be releasing a patch very soon, so watch out for further announcements! ^_^
Digital Artbook, Original Soundtrack & GooglePlay Version are now live!! :D
Hello gang! Happy Halloween! To celebrate the day, we have whooping surprises for you all! :D
Deluxe Edition (Lite) Bundle
Thank you for patiently waiting! We are proud to announce that The Letter's Original Soundtrack and Digital Artbook DLCs are now available for purchase! They cost $9.99 each, but our Deluxe Edition (Lite) Bundle is currently ongoing for 25% off! Don't miss your chance to own a copy of the game + the DLCs at a decent price!
*Digital Deluxe backers and above will be given Steam Keys of the DLCs via email.
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That's it for today's announcement! Have a spooktacular Halloween, everyone! ^^
Halloween Sale!! The Letter is 25% off!!
He'ya gang! Halloween is upon us! What better time to play The Letter than during the spookiest season of the year, right? And what's even better? It's 25% off!
Don't think twice because this only lasts until November 1! Happy Halloween and welcome to the hollow halls of the Ermengarde Mansion! ;)
v1.0.9 is live!!
Hey gang! Sorry for the wait, but we're happy to announce that v1.0.9 is officially live! \o/
Patch Notes:
Relationship Balancing.Increased Hannah/Luke relationship from +1 to +2 when 'You'll be a great father' is selected in Chapter 2.
VA Mismatch. All reported inconsistencies between the voice acting and the in-game text are fixed!
Branch tree nodes. All reported bugs regarding the branch tree nodes are fixed! Theoretically, you should be able to unlock all the nodes in Chapter 6 and 7 and get those achievements!
Gallery bugs. All gallery/image related bugs are now fixed! Excess locked CGs, item sprites, etc. are gone, and the CGs that have a flashback effect should now be displaying correctly!
Save files. We have implemented a new fix that would hopefully prevent users from losing their progress when the saving process is disrupted. Though rare, we will still be keeping an eye for these types of reports. If you continue to encounter this problem (I sure hope not!), please don't hesitate to approach us!
General polishing of the whole game.
What we're doing now
Assuming everything goes well with v1.0.9 and there are no major problems, our next patch will include the narrative fixes of the full game (courtesy of our wonderful editing team; thank you to all the players who volunteered! ^^), plus the long-awaited Music Room!! Watch out for our future announcements! We're so excited! ♡♡
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That's it for today's update! If you're enjoying the game, please don't forget to leave us a review! ^^ Thank you so much for playing The Letter! ♡
We haven't forgotten about you! :)
Hi gang! Just a short announcement to let you all know that we're still working on the game. :D v1.0.9 is still coming; we're just taking our time to make sure there are no game-breaking bugs that will come along once it's released. We learned our lesson from v1.0.7, after all! :P
Here's what we've been doing these past few weeks:
Save files. Despite the fix we've implemented before, a few players still lose their save files/progress when their PC improperly shuts down. When this happens, our saving process is disrupted, causing it to become corrupted. Our lead programmer is working on another fix for this as we speak, and it will be released in v1.0.9. This is a rare bug, but if you're one of the few who's been affected, please send an email to john@yangyangmobile.com so we can help you recover your save files. :)
Grammar check/polishing of Chapter 6.
VA bug fixing of Chapters 5, 6 and 7. The text should match what's being said by the actors.
Bug fixing of branch tree nodes.
Bug fixing of gallery/image related bugs.
A few relationship balancing.
And several other bug fixes and polishing of the game in general.
Moving forward, reward fulfillment for our backers is also underway:
Mobile version of the game (both iOS and Android).
Artbook and soundtrack.
Special content.
CALL TO ARMS!
We're blessed to have very supportive players! ♡ We've been receiving messages from some you, offering to help us check the game's grammar and narrative. We're eternally grateful, and if you're an active member of our Discord, I already mentioned there that we will soon release the game's raw files to all those who are willing to re-read all 700k words of it. XD
For now, if you're interested in joining our community-based Editing Team, please fill up this short survey:
Once we're ready to distribute the files, we'll let you know through Discord and/or via email. As a token of our appreciation, all volunteers will be added in the game's credits! ♡
What about Translations?
Just like editing, we've been receiving offers from our players to translate the game into different languages! Thank you all so much for offering your time to make The Letter an even better game, and we'll reach out to you again as soon as editing is done! :)
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That's it for today's update! If you're enjoying the game, please don't forget to leave us a review! ^^ Thank you so much for playing The Letter! ♡
[Important] Patch Notes for v1.0.8
Hello gang! We are aware of the various UI problems caused by the latest patch (v1.0.7). We are pushing the fix for this as we speak, and v1.0.8 should be available anytime now.
We deeply apologize for the inconvenience this has caused. We are currently optimizing several of the game's systems for better performance, and in the process, accidentally nicked the wrong parts. We will be more careful next time.
Patch Notes for v1.0.8
Fixed various UI problems , such as: (a) Extras redirecting to Gallery. (b) Unclickable choices. (c) Messed-up journal layout. (d) And several other weird UI problems that seem to fix itself when the game is restarted.
Re-polished the narrative of Chapter 1. All reported grammar mistakes for Chapter 1 here on Steam and Discord should be fixed. We also rephrased some parts that are stilted, so hopefully they sound more natural now. Please let us know if there's anything else you find odd!
Bug Fixing of Chapter 6. All reported VA mismatch, branch tree nodes not unlocking, and bugs for Chapter 6 should be fixed! However, there are still some lines that don't have VA. We'll get to them soon! If we missed something, please let us know so we can correct them!
Relationship Balancing. Increased Isabella/Rebecca relationship from +1 to +2 when 'This cold caught up with me' & 'Is this why you didn't go home last night?' were selected in Chapter 5.
What to expect for v1.0.9
We have noticed several issues regarding the game's CGs/BGs, so please expect another patch from us soon. These issues include unobtainable Epilogue CGs, all CGs/BGs that have a vignette/flashback effect not displaying, and other Gallery-related bugs.
v1.0.9 might come a few days from now. Please be a little more patient with us as we continue to squash these pesky bugs! =)
